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CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-30' 1916- 1,231,511 Patented June 26,1917.

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JOSEPH H. ELDER, OF GLARKSVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN C. FOSTER, 0F CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS.

CARTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed August 30, 1916. serial No. 117,745.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH H. ELDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clarksville, in the county of Red River and State of Texas, have invented new anduseful Improvements'in Cartons, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to cartons, and more particularly to the class of collapsible safety wrappers for bottles or other fragile articles.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a Wrapper of this character wherein the construction thereof permits the convenient carriage of bottles containing liquid or other fragile articles by mail or otherwise without possibility of the breaking of the bottles or other like containers or the loss of the contents thereof while being transported-from one pointto another.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a wrapper of this character wherein the construction thereof is novel in form so that the bottle or other like container can be conveniently wrapped and when in closed will be protected against breakage While in transit, thereby enabling the bottle to be mailed with safety and also the easy and convenient wrapping thereof for transportation.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a wrapper of this character wherein the bottle or other container when held therein will be prevented from slipping and also the cork or stopper thereto will be held fast within the bottle or container so as to avoid any possibility of the leakage or loss of the contents thereof while in transit and at the same time the bottle and container will be protected from breakage during transit.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a wrapper of this character which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efiicient in operation, strong, durable and 1nexpensive in manufacture.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter set forth.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a wrapper constructediu accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is aperspective view showing a bottle in position withinthe retaining strip of the wrapper, the latter being open;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the wrapper completely closed ready for the transportation of the bottle; 7

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the wrapper comprises a body section A, preferably made from a substantially rectangular shape blank of corrugated paste-board, which, in this instance, is formed with an inner ply 10, an intermediate corrugated ply 11 and an outer ply 12 which are united to gether in the usual well-known manner, although it is to be understood that the inner ply 10 can be eliminated or dispensed with if desired.

The section A at intervals thereof is formed with spaced parallel crease lines 13 to permit the convenient wrapping of the section about a bottle or other container so as to provide inner and outer sides 14 and 15, and inner and outer ends 16 and 17 re spectively, thereby affording a double housingfor the bottle or container on the wrapping of the section about the same.

Secured to the inner face of one inner side lat is a retaining strip 18, preferably made from corrugated paste-board similar to the material employed for the section A, the strip 18 being secured to the section A in any suitable manner, in this instance preferably by adhesive substance, and is formed with crease lines 19 which permit the folding of the strip 18 longitudinally about a bottle or container, while adapted to be secured to one end of the strip is a label 20 which bears the prescription number and directions as to the taking of the contents of the bottle, or other indicia for the convenience of the user of the contents of said bottle. This label 20 is adapted to be carried by one end of the strip 18 and is also attachable to the other end of the strip so that the latter will form a retaining yoke for the bottle or container, the strip 18 being fastened to the section A so that the bottle, When held Within the strip, will have its bottom end spaced from one end of the Wrapper, While the opposite stopper or cork in the other end of the bottle or container will be held'fast therein so as to avoid any possibility of the leakage of the contents of the bottle or container While in transit. On the outer face of one end and one side 15 and 17, respectively, is adapted to be placed suitable advertising matter and the address of both the sender and receiver, the section when Wrapped about the bottle being held in such position in any suitable manner as, for example, by tying a cord about the same, or otherwise.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of use of the herein described collapsible carton Will be readily apparent and, therefore, a more extended explanation has been omitted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An article Wrapper embodying an elongated sheet of corrugated material, a retaining element secured to and extending transversely of said material, and projecting be yond the opposite longitudinal edges thereof, said extremities being of different lengths and adapted to be Wrapped longitudinally about the article to support the latter spaced from one edge of the material, and said material having spaced parallel fold lines adapted to be Wrapped transversely about the article and closing the folded extremities of said retaining elementzas described.

2. An article Wrapper comprising an elongated sheet of reinforced material, a retaining element disposed transversely thereof and secured thereto, said element projecting beyond the opposite longitudinal edges of the sheet, said projecting extremities adapted to be folded longitudinally about the article and having their ends disposed in edge to edge contact, means for securing the ex tremities of the retaining element together, and said strip having spaced parallel fold lines for permitting the said sheet of material to be folded about the article and inclosing the folded extremities of the retaining strip.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH H. ELDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

